As the extradition hearing for US indicted Businessmen Nazar and Azruddin Mohamed continued today, Permanent Secretary of the Foreign Ministry, Sharon Roopchand disclosed that an incorrect entry was recorded in one of the two incoming Correspondence Books of the Ministry. Sections of the books have been admitted into evidence.

The entry indicates that the Government through the Office of the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs received extradition documents from the US on October 29, 2025.

 Roopchand told the Court that no such documents were received on that date. According to her, the entry was an error.

Throughout her testimony, Roopchand had maintained that the Extradition Request from the US Embassy was received on the night of October 30, 2025, and additional documents were received on November 26, 2025.

However, Defense Attorney Roysdale Forde, pointed the Court’s attention to October 29, 2025.

He invited Ms. Roopchand to review the section, and she confirmed that the subject was listed as “extradition documents”, but she was quick to indicate that no such documents were received by her Office on that date.

Under cross-examination, Roopchand also testified that the entries made on October 30 and 31, 2025 were not made in chronological order.

 It was then that she explained that while the Extradition Request from the US was received on the night of October 30, 2025, it was not until October 31, 2025 that an entry was made into book by her staff.

According to her, by the time that entry was made, other entries were also made.

 Outside the Courtroom, Senior Counsel Forde told reporters that the evidence presented in Court today supports their contention that Roopchand’s testimony is flawed.

“The documents indicated that the materials that she said that she received were not properly recorded both on the 26^th of November and the 30^th of October. They also revealed that there were multiple entries; entries were not made to reflect any consistent pattern with evidence given by the Permanent Secretary. It was revealed that there were entries made after things would have occurred, after conversations would have taken place. So we were trying to bring to the court’s attention of the unreliability of what has been said,” Forde said.

According to Mr. Forde, there is no evidence before the Court which suggests that the Extradition Documents from the US were properly received by the Government of Guyana through the Office of the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

“There is nothing to indicate in the books that these documents were ever received. Up to now, there is nothing to indicate, nothing in writing indicating who brought these documents, the time they were received, what exactly was received. So we believe up to now that there is no evidence that these documents were properly presented to the Government of Guyana for the purpose of consideration of the Extradition Proceedings,” Forde said.

But Special Prosecutor Glenn Hanoman brushed aside the Defense’s contention, as he maintained that all evidence is before the Court.

“They have stated that their case, as I understand it, is that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs did not receive extradition documents from the USA – the very documents that are already in evidence. I find it mindboggling that they could actually have a position like that,” Hanoman said.

He said that Guyana is witnessing a master class in delaying tactics. He said the witness has been on the stand for more than two months, and to date, Defence has not completed their cross examination.

Mr. Hannoman said it is now looking as if it will take months before the case is completed.

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